Showdown (Say Goodbye), 150×122 cm, acrylic on plywood

Showdown (General Desire), 78×63 cm, acrylic on plywood

Showdown (Onslow), 78×63 cm, acrylic on plywood

Showdown (Crystal Tears), 78×63 cm, acrylic on plywood

Showdown (Innocent Air), 78×63 cm, acrylic on plywood

Showdown (Slews Moment), 107×88 cm, acrylic on plywood

Showdown (Tropical Son), 80×65 cm, acrylic on plywood

Showdown (Always Close), 121×93 cm, acrylic on plywood

Showdown / 2004-05

After having sawn incision into the edges Signe Guttormsen pours paint onto the wood panels; in this, one sees tangible traces of a working process with controlled spontaneity. They stand out as a type of relief without a visual motif where the wall behind the the wood panels affect the result.

The title is taken from the concept in the genre of Western films: the final showdown between the film’s protagonists. In the work this can be understood as the relationship between the paint and the wood panel or between the image and the work as an object.